We can hardly believe that it’s been 3 years since we first launched the Geek Shall Inherit podcast, but the numbers… and dates don’t lie. It was 3 years ago THIS WEEK that we launched the Geek Shall Inherit podcast with episode one, and we have been talking pop culture ever since! True to form, even expanding this episode to two hours, we STILL don’t get to every topic that we wanted to cover in this episode! But we do squeeze in a LOT in these 120 minutes.

Once again there is a LOT of new topics to discuss such as a new trailer from a galaxy far, far away as well as some James Bond news… we even talk about holiday decorations!

Thank you again to all that have listened to us over the past 3 years. We really appreciate every comment, question, suggesting and follow. And THANK YOU again to our editor and my lovely bride Abby for producing and putting the episodes together week after week, month after month and year after year!

You probably noticed that there was a bit of a gap between episodes, but if you are at all internet savvy you will have found both Jasonand I talking about pop culture stuff on a couple of other podcasts. There’s been an avalance of pop culture news the past few weeks so in this episode we try to do a speed round to get through as many of the topics as possible. So strap your ears down. We’re going to blaze through some topics!

Sorry this episode is a little later than expected. I’ve been a bit busy trying to rally 40,000 collectors to make their voice heard by Toys R Us over this Breaking Dad toy controversy. It’s taken up a lot of my week, but it’s been well worth it as we have quadruple the signatures that the FloridaMom got on her “outrage” petition. I’m SURE will will talk about this next episode as Jason knows a thing or two about “outraged” moms getting figures pulled out of Toys R Us.

Next weekend is the big Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo here in Los Angeles. I was supposed to go and cover it for AFi, but instead I’m traveling back home for my grandfather’s 90th birthday celebration. This will be the first year that I will miss Comikaze, but hey, a man only turns 90 once! So if you are going, have fun and tell me all about it. I’ll be there in spirit.

And finally, I just want to put this out there before you listen to the episode so you aren’t disappointed as you listen. If you are looking for the new wave of Star Wars Black figures that have been hitting stores… then keep looking everywhere and every where. Waste your time and gas. Jason has found them, but he won’t tell you where. So… I guess good luck with that.

In this episode we discuss:

Daniel is really digging the new Serial podcast from the “This American Life” team.

We are both digging Star Wars Rebels. The “special edition” encore of the pilot with the added Darth Vader scene will be on this Sunday evening on ABC. Jason picked up the Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion DVD .

We are NOT at New York Comic Con this weekend… but we wish we were. At least I THINK we wish we were. There was a report published on Thursday that NYCC had surpassed SDCC in attendance. And not just by a little, by something like 20,000 people! They say there are roughly 130,000 + people allowed in the San Diego Convention center each year for SDCC now. NYCC at the Javits is said to have 150,000+ and from the reports I’m reading today… it’s still fun. It’s not the beating that SDCC has become. The Javits Center has a very different layout than SDCC and they don’t have all of Hollywood right up the road ready to caravan every possible genre project to the show, so maybe they have found the best of both worlds in the Big Apple. It will be interesting to see the changes in both shows over the next 2-3 years. We have lots of coverage and pictures of the con, so many it will feel like you are there, right here over on AFi.

Happy National Podcast Day everybody! Thank you for listening and sharing it with us here at the Geek Shall Inherit podcast! If you dig what we do on GSi this would be the perfect opportunity to recommend us to a friend on this national day of podcast celebration. We love talking all things pop culture with each other and with you folks, but there’s always room for more at the table. So check out this all new episode of the Geek Shall Inherit podcast, and then go check out some other new podcast that you have never heard before. It’s new media and it’s here to stay!. This is a bit of a beefier episode clocking in at 90 minutes. We hope you dig it, and thanks for listening!

Also a very special “Thank you” to listener, artist and Eisner Award winner – Art Baltazar. He sent us the best care package full of Aw Yeah! Comics. You should check out all the awesomeness available at AwYeahComics.com! Also check out Art’s podcast!